Dongguan vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dongguan	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$662	$3268
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1882	$6787
🏠 One person rent	$263	$2025
🏘️ Family rent	$461	$3029
🍽️ Food expenses	$234	$894
🚐 Transport expenses	$79.2	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$752	$4361
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	69	52
😀 Quality of life	72	91
🏙️ Population	10.5M	140K

The cost of living in Dongguan is 80% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 7341st and 88th ($662 vs $3268) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 78th and 1st in China and Iceland, respectively. Check China vs Iceland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 1.3 months in Reykjavik. Dongguan ranked 20th best city to live in China vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 3389th and 191st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Reykjavik

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	Dongguan	Reykjavik
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.78	$27.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21	$79.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$20.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.67	$6.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$3.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$2075
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$184	$1851
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$568	$3279
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$2774
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.7	$45.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.1	$70.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.2	$84
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.86%	9.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6823	$8015
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3488	$6578
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$5.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.1	$88.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.04	$28.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$2.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$2.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$4.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$3.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$6.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$19.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$41.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$3.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$5.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$3.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$25.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$3.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$13.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.87	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$5.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$5.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$3.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$88.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.97	$18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.3	$92.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.22	$46
👖 Brand Jeans	$30	$144
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.8	$194
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$445	$352
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21416	$30378

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Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$758
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$878
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$589
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$608
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$518
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$829
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$662
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2414
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1746
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$777
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$766
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$827
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$941
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$816
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$818
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$892
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$765
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$579
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$809
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$766
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$451
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$669
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$454
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$589
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$750
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$780
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$773
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$897
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$697
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$693
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$546
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$634
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$622
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$574
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$598

Cities near Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$3175
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$3148
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2596
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2990
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$2077
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$2021
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1507
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1551
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1575
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1641
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1711
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1837
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1762
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2058
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1480
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1703
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1630
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1797
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1522
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1775
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1884
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1484
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1879
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1797
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2768
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1955
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1485
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2217
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1986
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1887
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2902
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2242